yeah - took me ages to find the 'give reputation' and the 'rate thread' functions - there are couple of bits in the design that could do with an explanation thread on sticky. Let's smile at the mod's and try and persuade them to write one with promises of booze.

When you have the "remember me" option checked, the forum does log you out, but it keeps a cookie in your browser. When you first try to load writingforums.org, the site checks the cookie first, finds that you have a stored set of user information, and automatically logs you in. This happens before the main page even loads.

Between the time after you leave and the time when you log back in, the system does log you out. In the system's perspective, you don't remain logged in the entire time.

I'd say "trust me on this," but that usually ends up indicating the opposite of what it's intended to convey.